The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-12

with the Engllsh War ONCE Mr.. Chamberlain
has been granted eight provisional patents
explosives and projectiles, the inventions to be
Kept "a government secret"
IT is difficult to realize how few years it is
since slavery existed in the Northern States
Rev Dr. g. w Gray was shaved il Hornells-
vile. n. Y, June Is, 1887, by man whose
mother was slave in that State. She was well
known to many citizens residing there.
EUGENE FIELD, the brightest and most pol
ished Of the Western humorists, came into a for
tune of $4,000 on attaining his majority and
spent the bulk OF 1t IN gorgeous tour OF Europe.
He Is now connected with a Chicago newspaper
which pays him salary of 500 week.
How many birthdays do you think have
had!' one person was heard to say to another in
the horse-car. 20. about forty-seven." hazard
ed the person addressed. Only one birthday.
The rest have been anniversaries" was the ex-
plantation and the car suddenly stopped.
The Thanksgiving proclamation of Governor
Lounsbury, of Connecticut. is one of the most re-
markable productions of its kind on record It
opens as follows: There is now no special reason
for thanks more than that which has marked
the years that gone; but of all of heavens
gifts to men, life's common blessings are always
the sweetest and the best, and So in accord
ance with a custom that's hallowed by all the
ties That bind US to the past and which reaches
on TO the future in universal expectation. u
hereby appoint" etc. It seems too bad that
Governor Lounsbury viii not accept renomi-
nation.
MADELEINE GARNER, a niece of Joaquin Mill
Ter. is clerk in the First Assistant Postmaster
generals office. She lives entirely alone in the
log cabin erected by Miller on Meridian HILL
just outside of Washin gton. She seems to
have no fear of danger in her out of TIL eway
treat, and attributes her lack of nervousness to
a clear conscience and the possession of truSty
revolver. She is crack shot with this weapon
and devotes some of her spare moments every
day to pistol practice. She is artistic in her
tastes, and her sketches are extremely clever.
AT her department desk she is retiring, indus
trious and able.
THE Late Justice O'Connor, of Canada, was a
remarkable man in some respects. When a
young man of twenty-three he engaged as a
woodsman, and one day while telling a lodged
tree his leg was crushed to a jelly. He
alone, but with admirable nerve and courage he
cut off the crushed leg with his axe. and after
bandaging the bleeding wound with his hand
kerehief. managed to drag himself out to
cred, but being disabled from pursuing his
former occupation, he educated himself by hard
study for the legal profession, and achieved
quite success in law and politics.
THIS fellow Dhuleep Singh, who is trying to
fonent instruction in India and is posing-at
long range--as Sovereign of the Sikhs and I'm
placable Foe of England" is singing different
tune from that of former years, when he lived
in an English palace on pension Of $4,000
year granted him by the English government.
He used then to chuckle over the sharp bargain
he had made, and say how much better off he
than he would have been had he never been
molested by the English in India. I'm not the
of Runjeet Singh at ALL" he would say, ''but
am the illegitimate son of his wife and Mo
hammedan servant. The Sikhs all know this
and never would have let me rule over them"
AN autograph collector says that of the presi-
Dental autograph letters. those of Andrew
jackson are the rarest and costliest. This is
because he seldom wrote letters: never when he
could help it. The fact that his letters were
often both written and signed by proxy is
known to collectors. and paper of this sort re-
Gently sold for 50. A FULL genuine letter is
worth from $50 upwards. Washington's auto
graph letters come next in value and rareness.
Next come the letters of Zachary Taylor, who
wrote bad hand and bad letter. They are
worth from SIS to SO. Lincolns letters come
next in rareness. and range from S12 TO $40.
Grants are high priced. not because rare. but
because they are Grants. Arthurs letters are
scarce. They haven't had time to find their
way into the hands of strangers. Twenty years
from now they will be commoner.
THE death of Jenny Lind. says Boston
Journal writer. recalls wildly to the older peo-
pie the enthusiasm that marked her reception
in Boston and they are inclined to boast of the
fact that the character of her audiences in this
city was manifestly higher, in social and musical
standing. than that of her New York audiences,
while the price of the first ticket exceeded that
first ticket that made Genin; the Few York hat
ter famous. Ossian e. Dodge. the well-known
vocalist. purchased the first ticket for the open
ing concert in fremont Temple (Sept. q. $780,
bidding SGD for 1t. While Genln PAID but $bUU.
In Boston Jenny Lind was honored by per-
sonal visit from the Governor. Lieutenant gov
ernor and Council. and those six concerts in
the Temple Concertroom and the two that fol-
lowed immediately in the Fitchburg depot hall
were attended by hosts of admirers. while num-
bers stood outside listening to the music. In
return the great singer honored Boston by Civ
ing two of her national melodies for the irst
tiIae in America. and also by carrying out an
extra concert. the proceeds of which were de-
voted to charitable purposes.